The Gender Recognition Act 2004 gives transsexual people the legal right to live in their acquired gender. It received its Royal Assent on 1 July. This section has information on the legislation, the Act, the Bill and supporting documents.
| House | Stage | Date |
| Lords | Introduction and First Reading | 27 November 2003 |
| Lords | Second Reading | 18 December 2003 |
| Lords | Committee Stage - 1st session | 13 January 2004 |
| Lords | Committee Stage - 2nd session | 14 January 2004 |
| Lords | Report Stage - 1st day | 29 January 2004 |
| Lords | Report Stage - 2nd day | 3 February 2004 |
| Lords | Third Reading | 10 February 2004 |
| Commons | Second Reading | 23 February 2004 |
| Commons | Committee Stages | 9-16 March 2004 |
| Commons | Report and Third Reading | 25 May 2004 |
| Commons | Commons amendments | 26 May 2004 |
| Lords | Returned from the Commons agreed to with amendments and a privilege amendment. (HL Bill 80 2003/04). | 26 May 2004 |
| Lords | Consideration of Commons Amendments | 8 June 2004 |
| Royal Assent | 1 July 2004 |
The draft Bill was published on 11 July 2003 for pre-legislative scrutiny
by the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Joint
Committee on Human Rights 
published
the report of its pre-legislative scrutiny on 20 November. The Government
published its response to the Joint Committee
on 16 December 2003. The Joint Committee has further considered the Gender
Recognition Bill in its 4th report of Session 2003-2004 Scrutiny
of Bills: Second Progress Report
